'MIT Missed an Opportunity to Demonstrate the Leadership That We Pride Ourselves On'

By

Spencer E. Ante

Updated July 30, 2013 6:27 p.m. ET

A Massachusetts Institute of Technology report concluded the university acted prudently in the way it handled its involvement with the government's prosecution of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, but criticized the school for taking a hands-off approach in his case.

MIT came under harsh scrutiny after Swartz hanged himself in January while he awaited trial on federal charges of alleged computer crimes. Swartz, a 26-year-old advocate for making information freely available over the Internet, was accused of using MIT's...